Guide to the collection of photographs of the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 by Hamish Cairns

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PIC/21016/1-36

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: April 2022

Collection Summary

Title
Convoy to Canberra, February 2022
Date Range
2022
Collection Number
PIC/21016/1-36
Extent
36 items (36 photographs) : TIFF file, colour
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Pictures)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

In early 2022, inspired by the Freedom Convoy in Canada, thousands of people from around Australia converged on Canberra, calling themselves the Convoy to Canberra. The Convoy to Canberra was comprised of people protesting disparate issues, but concerns were focused on vaccines and vaccine mandates. The group also included members of the Sovereign Citizen movement, QAnon conspiracy groups, the United Australia Party, some Indigenous activists, far-right groups and others. The Canberra to Convoy protestors frequently decorated their cars with slogans and used flags such as the Australian Red Ensign, the Eureka Stockage flag and the Australian flag flown upside down to communicate their beliefs. This collection documents the Convoy to Canberra protest and comprises images of protestors, their signs and decorated cars, their campground at Exhibition Park in Canberra and associated protest infrastructure, and the protestors marching over Commonwealth Avenue Bridge and gathering in front of Parliament House. It also includes images of influential people within the Australian anti-vaccination mandate movement such as ex-Qantas pilot Graham Hood, and Riccardo Bossi.

Conditions Governing Access

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8646368).

Conditions Governing Use

Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8646368).

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of item], Convoy to Canberra, 2022 / by Hamish Cairns, National Library of Australia, PIC/21016/[item number]'.

Source of description

Title of collection from acquisitions documentation. Titles of individual items devised by cataloguer.

Item Descriptions

People sitting inside a parked truck decorated with a slogan and the Australian flag, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/1)

1 item

People setting up a food table in front of a parked truck decorated with a statement about COVID vaccine mandates, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/2)

1 item

Parked mini bus decorated with photographs and statements about COVID vaccine mandates, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/3)

1 item

Group of protestors gathered in front of a gate at Exhibition Park in Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/4)

1 item

Protestor in his decorated car during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/5)

1 item

Parked car with signs about COVID vaccine mandates in the rear window, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/6)

1 item

Vehicles and crowds at Exhibition Park in Canberra during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/7)

1 item

Man and woman standing next to a sign board promoting the official website for the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/8)

1 item

Vehicles and campers at Exhibition Park in Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/9)

1 item

Parked vehicle with statement about Victoria Premier Dan Andrews written on the rear window, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/10)

1 item

Parked vehicle with statements about mandates and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison written on rear windows, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/11)

1 item

Truck with a wooden protest sign board on the road in Canberra during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/12)

1 item

Protestors walking in the middle of the road towards Parliament House during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/13)

1 item

Two protestors wearing slogan t-shirts walking towards Parliament House during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/14)

1 item

Former Qantas pilot Graham Hood walking with a woman towards Parliament House during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/15)

1 item

Crowds carrying flags walking on the road towards Parliament House during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/16)

1 item

Man standing at the side of the road, holding two signs during the protest march to Parliament House, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/17)

1 item

Protestors with flags walking between the trees during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/18)

1 item

Group of protestors wearing military uniform near Parliament House, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/19)

1 item

Printed sign boards laid out on the grass next to a path, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/20)

1 item

Group of protestors holding a large banner promoting a Police for freedom group, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/21)

1 item

View of crowds and an Australian flag being flown upside down near Parliament House, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/22)

1 item

View of crowds and a sign comparing a COVID vaccination certificate to a Nazi Germany certificate, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/23)

1 item

Smoking ceremony being performed amongst the protestors gathered near Parliament House, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/24)

1 item

Police forming a line next to protestors during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/25)

1 item

View of a small group of protestors during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/26)

1 item

View across the large crowd gathered for a protest at Parliament House during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/27)

1 item

Man holding a painted sign during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/28)

1 item

View of crowds and an umbrella decorated with protest slogans, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/29)

1 item

Riccardo Bosi speaking to the crowd during the protest march to Parliament House during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/30)

1 item

Crowds near Parliament House during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/31)

1 item

Woman holding a doll in a coffin as a placard during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/32)

1 item

Two semi trailer trucks draped in Australian flags parked near Parliament House during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/33)

1 item

Whiteboard outlining the day's events during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/34)

1 item

Banners with statements about vaccine mandates during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/35)

1 item

Sign stuck to the top of a rubbish bin during the Convoy to Canberra, 2022 (Item PIC/21016/36)

1 item

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